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was not able to offer anything tangible to the taliban. hamid karzai gave this statement. >> terrorism has not gone away. it has increased. >> now it seems the administration is realizing that it's going to be increasingly difficult for them to negotiate with the taliban which was going to be a key part of the exit strategy, gregg. gregg: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon, thanks. jenna: we'll see how that issue potentially comes up in the debates. the countdown is certainly on for the first debate between the president and governor romney. both candidates are going through final debate preparations before meeting face-to-face tomorrow night. the president spending the day with his staff in nevada, governor romney already in colorado where we find our campaign carl cameron live in denver. carl, it's been said that governor romney has a lot riding on these debates. what are you hearing about his prep? is he going for a knockout punch if you will? >> reporter: well the romney campaign would really prefer their knockout punch to come on e
was not able to offer anything tangible to the taliban. hamid karzai gave this statement. >> terrorism has not gone away. it has increased. >> now it seems the administration is realizing that it's going to be increasingly difficult for them to negotiate with the taliban which was going to be a key part of the exit strategy, gregg. gregg: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon, thanks. jenna: we'll see how that issue potentially comes up in the debates. the countdown is certainly on...
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he says it encourages the taliban to wait us out. heather? heather: we'll talk a little bit more in depth about the foreign policy angle of all this a little bit later. thank you very much, wendell goler live for us in charlotte. gregg: later today, governor romney will be holding a rally in new hampshire. he is running mate paul ryan, heading off to nevada. and later on fox news, governor romney sits down with bret baier live at 11:30 a.m. eastern time. heather: vice president, joe biden, he sought to contrast both candidates for president while calling governor romney a good man. >> president obama and governor romney, they're both, they're both loving husbands. they're both devoted fathers. but let's be straight. they bring a vastly different vision and a vastly value set to the job. heather: and we will have more coverage and analysis of the presidential race throughout the show. gregg: speaking of the vice president, he hit governor mitt romney pretty hard on the issues of taxes and jobs. so how do his claims really measure up to the fac
he says it encourages the taliban to wait us out. heather? heather: we'll talk a little bit more in depth about the foreign policy angle of all this a little bit later. thank you very much, wendell goler live for us in charlotte. gregg: later today, governor romney will be holding a rally in new hampshire. he is running mate paul ryan, heading off to nevada. and later on fox news, governor romney sits down with bret baier live at 11:30 a.m. eastern time. heather: vice president, joe biden, he...
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taliban activity there has been on the increase. china has been conducting naval exercises in the east china sea. it is a clear warning in japan of the tension between the countries. trade between the countries has already been disrupted friday disagreement. prince eelam is married in the belgian princess in a civil ceremony. there is a guest list of 800. there are some local specialties as well as many sponge cake said to be the favorite of the grooms mother. let me update you on the teenage pakistani girl shot and had at by the time to buy -- shot in the head by the taliban after campaigning for women's rights. she is apparently in the uk. the medical director at the hospital is giving us an update. gregg's and got out of the woods. having said that, she is -- >> not out of the woods. having said that, she is communicating very freely. and she is writing. she has a tracheotomy tube in because her air was swollen by the passing of the bullet. she is not able to talk, although we have no reason to believe that she would not be able
taliban activity there has been on the increase. china has been conducting naval exercises in the east china sea. it is a clear warning in japan of the tension between the countries. trade between the countries has already been disrupted friday disagreement. prince eelam is married in the belgian princess in a civil ceremony. there is a guest list of 800. there are some local specialties as well as many sponge cake said to be the favorite of the grooms mother. let me update you on the teenage...
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they repelled the attack by the taliban. u.s. military and british military says prince harry overall tour of four years will not be cut short but there does appear to be a target on prince harry by the taliban. >> heather: thank you very much. just a little more insight into camp leatherneck. its sprawling 1500 acre installation. making it the largest marine base in afghanistan with more than 7,000 u.s. troops combined with the british side of the base, the facility houses as many as 18,000. the base is attacked often but this strike seemed to be one of the most severe incidents on record. bob scales has spent time at camp leatherneck and explains how hard it is to breach the perimeters of the compound. he will tell us if the insurgents had help from the inside and what that could mean for the safety of our troops. >> gregg: u.s. diplomatic posts around the world right now on high alert as anti-american protestors spreading across the globe. now beyond the muslim world. in sydney australia, clashing with police. finally there is
they repelled the attack by the taliban. u.s. military and british military says prince harry overall tour of four years will not be cut short but there does appear to be a target on prince harry by the taliban. >> heather: thank you very much. just a little more insight into camp leatherneck. its sprawling 1500 acre installation. making it the largest marine base in afghanistan with more than 7,000 u.s. troops combined with the british side of the base, the facility houses as many as...
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the taliban freeing nearly 400 prisoners in pakistan. in a dramatic pre-dawn raid, more than 100 militant, firing automatic weapons and launching rocket-propelled grenades, battling their way into a prison in northwest pakistan. police describing 20 of the prisoners as very dangerous insurgents. one escapee was on death role for his role in an assassination attempt against the former president of pakistan. >> gregg: in afghanistan, new reports of an attempted assassination on the afghan vice-president. the taliban claiming responsibility for deadly attacks across the country. insurgents, reportedly taking control of construction sites in kabul and raining down rokt fire on targets like the u.n. embassy. we are streaming live from kabul, afghanistan. dominic? >> reporter: gregg, you join me just as we -- [inaudible] >> gregg: we were afraid of that. new developments happening, precisely where dominic is. we are going to try to find out what they are and convey them to you -- is he back? let's go back to dominic, live in kabul, afghanistan
the taliban freeing nearly 400 prisoners in pakistan. in a dramatic pre-dawn raid, more than 100 militant, firing automatic weapons and launching rocket-propelled grenades, battling their way into a prison in northwest pakistan. police describing 20 of the prisoners as very dangerous insurgents. one escapee was on death role for his role in an assassination attempt against the former president of pakistan. >> gregg: in afghanistan, new reports of an attempted assassination on the afghan...
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taliban. as you know, the taliban officially refused to speak to karzai. they call him a puppet and say why should we speak to them. so if they do that, a lot of things on the table. i think the agreement, you're right. allows us a foundation over which to re-engage them on a scenario that says, look, you can come and beat us. what other aspects are there? those are very important. what do the other afghan elements do? if they feel the taliban are gaining more power, whether through the ballot or through a deal, they may not just sit still. so i think the case is open. i think a great step has been done last night. the fact that we are more clearer, hopefully in chicago and then in tokyo. you have more clarity on specifics. i think one thing that would break the taliban's resolve is a longer term, specific, clear, achievable goals. thank you. >> doctor, you mentioned that mulanmar has been designated the commander of the faithful. can you elaborate what that means in terms of the taliban will accept in the future role. is it possible for him to abdicate th
taliban. as you know, the taliban officially refused to speak to karzai. they call him a puppet and say why should we speak to them. so if they do that, a lot of things on the table. i think the agreement, you're right. allows us a foundation over which to re-engage them on a scenario that says, look, you can come and beat us. what other aspects are there? those are very important. what do the other afghan elements do? if they feel the taliban are gaining more power, whether through the ballot...
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, the end of the taliban, and the last 10 years of war is that very little has changed in afghanistan in terms of at the tribal level, in terms of building any sort of a government or dealing with the corruption that is enemic there. there's a lot of good that has been done in the sense
, the end of the taliban, and the last 10 years of war is that very little has changed in afghanistan in terms of at the tribal level, in terms of building any sort of a government or dealing with the corruption that is enemic there. there's a lot of good that has been done in the sense
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i think this is a prescription to give the country back to the taliban and just give up all the sacrifice we've gone through the past ten years. gregg: rendering an 11-year war for naught. >> exactly. it's a great tragedy. gregg: let me transition to a different international story. talks begin in baghdad over iran's suspected nuclear program. who gains, who loses out of this? >> well, i'm very worried that the obama administration is about to accept a false deal with iran. that the iranians will throw some dust in our eyes, make some minimal concessions and get u.s. acquiescence to their continueed uranium enrichment program. and all of this will be described as progress, but, in fact, it will be giving the iranians a huge victory. gregg: well, the iaea is now announcing we've got a deal for inspections in some critical sites in iran. what do you think of that? >> well, here's what i think the deal is, that they've agreed on a formula to address the questions that remain outstanding that have been unanswered these past several years. that's not to say iran will answer the questions, but
i think this is a prescription to give the country back to the taliban and just give up all the sacrifice we've gone through the past ten years. gregg: rendering an 11-year war for naught. >> exactly. it's a great tragedy. gregg: let me transition to a different international story. talks begin in baghdad over iran's suspected nuclear program. who gains, who loses out of this? >> well, i'm very worried that the obama administration is about to accept a false deal with iran. that the...
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who are, or who is the taliban? >> the taliban are predominantly postion in the ethnic origin -- postion -- pashtun, and the population straddles the border between afghanistan and pakistan. the movement has allied itself to foreign fighters, for example, the chechens, but predominantly it is pashtun. >> when we read in the newspaper or watching something on television that mentions the taliban, what is their relationship with afghanistan? what is their history? they briefly controlled the country for five or six years, did they not? >> one of the narratives that the taliban puts forth is they are a movement that organically grow out of religious schools that are throughout afghanistan. they originally had been built during the 1980's, during refugee problems. they present themselves as this organic movement, and that they came out of the pashtun society, and then sought to bring back justice as they sought it. to remove the warlord government after the soviets withdrew. that is story of their origins. then, there r
who are, or who is the taliban? >> the taliban are predominantly postion in the ethnic origin -- postion -- pashtun, and the population straddles the border between afghanistan and pakistan. the movement has allied itself to foreign fighters, for example, the chechens, but predominantly it is pashtun. >> when we read in the newspaper or watching something on television that mentions the taliban, what is their relationship with afghanistan? what is their history? they briefly...
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in afghanistan the taliban. soldiers. across much of the country and the people of afghanistan especially women are rejoicing and. the bush administration latched on to the issue of the oppression of women now women were oppressed a long time and you never heard anybody talk about it but when the u.s. wanted to invade all the. military. and women are no longer imprisoned in their home they can listen to music and teach their daughters without fear of punishment. for the rights and dignity of women the media talking to the whole country we are going to liberate the women of afghanistan. can liberate their people. and you certainly can't do it through the barrel of a gun. and then unfortunately now the recent permanent civil war and we were once again imprisoned by the fear. and things are going backwards someone. was mad when i was fifteen years old now i have six children. are stuff that is twenty four my marriage was like like many at that marriage it wasn't forced marriages but it was arranged marriages i used to say th
in afghanistan the taliban. soldiers. across much of the country and the people of afghanistan especially women are rejoicing and. the bush administration latched on to the issue of the oppression of women now women were oppressed a long time and you never heard anybody talk about it but when the u.s. wanted to invade all the. military. and women are no longer imprisoned in their home they can listen to music and teach their daughters without fear of punishment. for the rights and dignity of...
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going into the fall, the taliban, these are held responsible by the taliban, were successful in assassinating chairman rabbani, chairman of the afghan high peace council, former president of afghanistan. >> right. >> going into this year or late last year, excuse me, musat kan of the helmand province, a successful aassassination. el hadj ap. bayeg, former chief of police in the hakar and kunduz provinces, a successful attack and assassination. razik, police chief in the kandahar province, that one failed, was not successful, but there were some deaths and casualties associated with it. going into this year, aga, the district governor in kandahar province was assassinated by the taliban. mohammed mahma, the tribal leader in kandahar was successfully assassinated by the taliban. the u.n. reports that 462 civilians were assassinated by the taliban in 2012 -- excuse me, 2010 alone. and so you would argue by these numbers that the taliban has not abandoned its practice of political assassination, is a form of intimidation in afghanistan. is that correct? >> certainly. >> and so one of the things t
going into the fall, the taliban, these are held responsible by the taliban, were successful in assassinating chairman rabbani, chairman of the afghan high peace council, former president of afghanistan. >> right. >> going into this year or late last year, excuse me, musat kan of the helmand province, a successful aassassination. el hadj ap. bayeg, former chief of police in the hakar and kunduz provinces, a successful attack and assassination. razik, police chief in the kandahar...
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taliban attacks may diminish. why should the taliban take risks when they know we're leaving. it's more for the afghan national army personnel who want to show their loyalty. >> reporter: leon panetta says the taliban is trying to undermine our trust in afghan security forces and the chairman of joint chief of staffs says it won't work. >> one commander says insider attacks is affronted with their honor and culture and their faith. as for us, we are adapted go to changes in that threat, as well. that is what professional militaries do. >> the number of deaths from insider attacks has written from 35 last year and 53 this year so far. even as both sides are working hard to stop them with americans beefing up security on joint missions and afghans doing more background checks on recruits. >> heather: thank you peter. >> gregg: back on the bench, tomorrow the u.s. supreme court picks up where it left off three months ago right in the middle of some of the nation's most politically divisive issues. issues regarding marriage, voting rights and education. shannon has a preview. >> r
taliban attacks may diminish. why should the taliban take risks when they know we're leaving. it's more for the afghan national army personnel who want to show their loyalty. >> reporter: leon panetta says the taliban is trying to undermine our trust in afghan security forces and the chairman of joint chief of staffs says it won't work. >> one commander says insider attacks is affronted with their honor and culture and their faith. as for us, we are adapted go to changes in that...
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that well as i was the taliban. go ahead michael john i'm not suggesting they're going to set i'm not going to i'm not suggesting they can send troops and they will send trainers in to work with the existing with what they have right now and then incorporate perhaps the taliban into the afghan security forces whether it's a police or a situation that means as volatile and as bad as it is now and if it's even deteriorates in future i don't think that the advisers alone whatever that would be from the united states are from neighboring countries like china or india can can't carry out their mission properly might well it's the same pattern is that the route let's go to beirut go ahead mike so i was just i would actually agree with me there and add another and that pakistan is a nice internal problems on his own without having to deal with problems in afghanistan as well so i mean i think a scenario of the regional powers stepping in to fill a vacuum in any sense is is really optimistic in many ways you know and we've
that well as i was the taliban. go ahead michael john i'm not suggesting they're going to set i'm not going to i'm not suggesting they can send troops and they will send trainers in to work with the existing with what they have right now and then incorporate perhaps the taliban into the afghan security forces whether it's a police or a situation that means as volatile and as bad as it is now and if it's even deteriorates in future i don't think that the advisers alone whatever that would be...
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the heart and pillar home of the taliban. >> rose: has there been a rise of assassinations by the taliban and do you see that as an act of desperation or a change in tactic? >> i think it's both. let me finish the storied about 50 talibans. they said there were two reasons they came over. one was the constant pressure they were feeling from the campaign, a campaign that is both a coalition and ans f campaign. also, they said while fighting foreigners they could get together on the cause but when they started encountering capable ansf forces, it's a different ballgame. it's going to become a different ballgame across afghanistan as the ansf move into the lead, as they become more capable across the battle space. >> rose: is there a difference in the terms of the ansf makeup, their ethnic background and the taliban. the ansf is primarily what? >> well, the proportions we seek to have be representative of the population of afghanistan. so there is a large proportion of pashtuns, and other of the minorities. >> rose: what percentage is pashtun, do you think? >> i would have to get you the num
the heart and pillar home of the taliban. >> rose: has there been a rise of assassinations by the taliban and do you see that as an act of desperation or a change in tactic? >> i think it's both. let me finish the storied about 50 talibans. they said there were two reasons they came over. one was the constant pressure they were feeling from the campaign, a campaign that is both a coalition and ans f campaign. also, they said while fighting foreigners they could get together on the...
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if they knew it was the taliban or thought it was the taliban and intentionally looked the other way then you have a criminal conspiracy if which the justice department is now almost obliged to seek indictments. >>shepard: and that would carry with it potential for death penalty. >>guest: if someone died as a result. if no one died as a result you are talking 20 years. in a federal institutions we do not know how many people were involved or how broad the conspiracy, we don't know if it was negligent or intentional, but it involves the second largest bank not world. and some of the most deadly criminal and terrorist gangs we know of. >>shepard: quite a mix. ought former vice president cheney is back on capitol hill today where republicans say he will get their members pretty fired up. he is there to talk about the budget and what would happen to pentagon spending if congress cannot make a dole. we will hear from him and what he had to say and one of the highest ranking defectors from the syrian regime says that the government will not hesitate to use deadly chemical weapons. [ donova
if they knew it was the taliban or thought it was the taliban and intentionally looked the other way then you have a criminal conspiracy if which the justice department is now almost obliged to seek indictments. >>shepard: and that would carry with it potential for death penalty. >>guest: if someone died as a result. if no one died as a result you are talking 20 years. in a federal institutions we do not know how many people were involved or how broad the conspiracy, we don't know...
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the taliban, you're saying, is in balochistan. the presence in afghanistan, including the kind of hunting presence that you also talk about, that the careful targeting of special operations together with intelligence forces, but if enemy's hiding in a country that you're denied operating in as we are currently in pakistan, i mean, it's difficult for cia officers to operate in pakistan, what do you do? >> guest: well, this is the $64,000 question. so i would say even if you can succeed to some degree in undermining taliban and other control in afghanistan, you do have this big challenge with pakistan. what do you do? well, you know, the most successful period in working with the pakistanis was after the september 11th attack. that was musharraf, and that was a very good relationship for several years. unfortunately, it almost took a september 11th-type attack for the pakistanis to see we're serious and for us to really mean we're serious in destroying, in that case, a regime they'd helped build. so ab sent that kind of an an attack
the taliban, you're saying, is in balochistan. the presence in afghanistan, including the kind of hunting presence that you also talk about, that the careful targeting of special operations together with intelligence forces, but if enemy's hiding in a country that you're denied operating in as we are currently in pakistan, i mean, it's difficult for cia officers to operate in pakistan, what do you do? >> guest: well, this is the $64,000 question. so i would say even if you can succeed to...
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and the afghan local police deny the human terrain to the taliban. we're only about halfway through in the fielding of the force. we're at about 12,000 now. the force will grow to an envisioned strength of 30,000. and once we reach that point, then we'll need to make some hard decisions about whether we retain that force, continue it in its existence, or even expand that force. we would do that obviously with the afghans in the lead on that decisionmaki decisionmaking. >> all right. time has expired, but two final comments. power of this concept i think is very significant. it works within the tribal structure in afghanistan. it's not compared in a sense to the sunni awakening in iraq, but there are elements of this that engage the local population and fit, again, a tribal world view. so count me in as somebody who wants to support this going forward. >> thank you, sir. >> secondly, again, i just want to underline the need for post-2014 contingency planning to we don't see ourself involved in a long irregular war in the next decade. we'll have a cont
and the afghan local police deny the human terrain to the taliban. we're only about halfway through in the fielding of the force. we're at about 12,000 now. the force will grow to an envisioned strength of 30,000. and once we reach that point, then we'll need to make some hard decisions about whether we retain that force, continue it in its existence, or even expand that force. we would do that obviously with the afghans in the lead on that decisionmaki decisionmaking. >> all right. time...
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it was a question about their reconciliation with the taliban. or the government you know is part of the withdrawal of western forces because the taliban are staying western forces are leaving ok those are the two knowns the talks yes the talks with the taliban is nothing new indeed the united states has tried negotiations with the taliban over the past three years but it has had no results so far and it has a government has tried it very aggressively since two thousand and three but the taliban response has only been increased violence and also there they have refused to cut ties with al qaeda and even come to sit. on the table with the afghan government and accept afghan government as the government they did to mit system in the country so now that the foreign troops are leaving i think that the taliban have even less incentive to talks i don't think that it's possible to reconcile with the core ideological leadership of the taliban but it is possible to integrate a large number of their foot soldiers and also their mid-level commanders who are
it was a question about their reconciliation with the taliban. or the government you know is part of the withdrawal of western forces because the taliban are staying western forces are leaving ok those are the two knowns the talks yes the talks with the taliban is nothing new indeed the united states has tried negotiations with the taliban over the past three years but it has had no results so far and it has a government has tried it very aggressively since two thousand and three but the...
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forces combat the taliban. and after the taliban was overthrown, iran played a crucial role in establishing the karzai government during the bonn conference of 2002. i want to go into great detail. my colleague at the rand corporation ambassador james dobbins worked directly with the iranian delegation to establish the karzai government. so i just recommend you read his writing on the issue but iran played an essential role in creating the karzai government and making sure that the northern alliance didn't dominate the karzai government to an extent that would really upset the pastuns and destabilize the government in the future. but after iranian/u.s. tensions increased after iran after iran labeled as the emperor of the axis of evil, iranian cooperation in afghanistan with the united states really diminished. iran's supreme leader ayatollah khomeini, who has never been crazy about cooperation with the united states, viewed ka tanny's approach as not being successful. and a lot of conservatives in iran also th
forces combat the taliban. and after the taliban was overthrown, iran played a crucial role in establishing the karzai government during the bonn conference of 2002. i want to go into great detail. my colleague at the rand corporation ambassador james dobbins worked directly with the iranian delegation to establish the karzai government. so i just recommend you read his writing on the issue but iran played an essential role in creating the karzai government and making sure that the northern...
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and overwhelmingly consistently every year we have been there for 10 years, 8 5% disapproved of the taliban. this is being manipulated by our enemies and stakeholders working against our agenda. it has arowds a certain part of the population but it's a minority part of that population and i'm not convinced it's representative of the afghan people in general. megyn: president obama made some news talking about how he does listen to his generals on the ground. i want to let you hear what he said. >> that's a personal thing for our troops in terms of the burning of the koran. you did apologize. >> i think the reason that it was important is the same reason the commander on the ground, general allen apologized, to save lives. and to make sure our troops who are there right now are not placed in further danger. >> it's hard to tell. do you think it's improved? it. >> it calmed things down. we are not out of the woods yet. but my criteria in any decision i make getting recommendations from the folks who are on the ground is what's going to best protect our folks, and make sure they can accomplish
and overwhelmingly consistently every year we have been there for 10 years, 8 5% disapproved of the taliban. this is being manipulated by our enemies and stakeholders working against our agenda. it has arowds a certain part of the population but it's a minority part of that population and i'm not convinced it's representative of the afghan people in general. megyn: president obama made some news talking about how he does listen to his generals on the ground. i want to let you hear what he said....
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is it the taliban? >> a portion of it is. if you talk to defense officials they say about 10% so far, you know, of casualties can be attributed to infiltration. the taliban of course have you to take with a grain of salt any time they come out with a public statement for news organizations that they are responsible, and that they've been inch fill traeugt. of cours infiltrating. it's in their best interests to promote this. the short answer is yes they have infiltrated the afghan military. we've been painfully aware of that. in the past five years there have been maybe a hundred deaths in allied forces attributed to green on blue attacks. the worrying part is that a third of those have happened during the course of this year. gregg: it's got to be very frustrating, osama bin laden is dead but mullah omar, head of the taliban who protected him for all of the years before the 9/11 attacks and to some extent afterwards he is still at large. has that got to be job one, hunt down omar, and kill him? >> it's at the top of the hit p
is it the taliban? >> a portion of it is. if you talk to defense officials they say about 10% so far, you know, of casualties can be attributed to infiltration. the taliban of course have you to take with a grain of salt any time they come out with a public statement for news organizations that they are responsible, and that they've been inch fill traeugt. of cours infiltrating. it's in their best interests to promote this. the short answer is yes they have infiltrated the afghan...
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and how much of the taliban has infiltrated the military and how loyal is the military. and how good is the partnership between the united states and the afghan army. how much of the afghan army will remain fighting in the 2013 campaign season when they take over in the majority of the fighting. i have to be honest with you. right now nobody knows. we know that it has to go well and our training has to increase this year because as i said before, in 2013, we start a whole new ball game. >> how do you think that the taliban will react once, you know, we either pull back to bases, or leave entirely? >> i'll be honest with you, i'm less worried about the taliban, fairly consistent the last couple of years and more worried about the afghan army. remember the experience of the soviets, it wasn't pleasant. the question is have we built up with the afghan military. competent enough and well built enough to stick with this and not suddenly melt in 2013? the reports i've been getting lately are fairly positive despite the unpleasantness of the past few months. as i said, as the u
and how much of the taliban has infiltrated the military and how loyal is the military. and how good is the partnership between the united states and the afghan army. how much of the afghan army will remain fighting in the 2013 campaign season when they take over in the majority of the fighting. i have to be honest with you. right now nobody knows. we know that it has to go well and our training has to increase this year because as i said before, in 2013, we start a whole new ball game....